Lamp bracket or holder for miners&#39; lamps.



No. 740,862. "PAT-ENTED 001651903 W. ISRAEL. LAMP-BRAGKETOR HOLDER FOR MINERS LAMPS.

APPLIUATION FILED 141m. 1? 1903,

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U TED STATES Patented October 6, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

LAMP BRACKET OR HOLDER FOR MINERS LAMPS.

$BEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 740,862, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed March 1'7, 1903. Serial No. 148,149. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM ISRAEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp Brackets or Holders for Miners Lamps, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

The object of this invention is to provide an improved bracket for miners caps, whereby a lamp will be retained in proper position at all times, either when the wearer of the cap is standing upright or bending forwardly, and whereby the lamp will be secured against side motion; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists of a lam p-bracket for miners caps constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated bysuitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a miners cap provided with my improvement and showing a lamp; Fig. 2, a front view thereof without the lamp; Fig. 3, a central section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4: and showing the cap tilted forward and showing also the lamp; Fig. 4, a plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a section of the lamp-bracket or a part thereof on an enlarged scale.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a, an ordinary miners cap provided with the usual peak or vizor c and I have shown an ordinary miners lamp I), provided with an ordinary attaching-hook 11 which is yoke-shaped in form and provided with a downwardly-directed member b In the practice of my invention I provide a bracket or lamp holder which is comprised of an upright portion 0, provided at its lower end with a'downwardly and forwardly inclined portion 0 whereby it may be secured to the peak or vizor a in the usual manner, and with a backwardlydirected upper end portion 0 whereby it may be secured to the portion is a slot or opening cl, which extends downwardly to the center portion or curved between the parts c and c, as shown at (F, and the part 0 thus serves to support the lamp, the hook member 19 of which is passed into the slot or opening d. In the backwardlydirected portion c is also formed a small opening 0 through which the downwardly-directed part b of the hook member is passed,

and in the upright portion of the bracket or holder is a large opening 0 The position of the lamp when in use is shown in Fig. 1, in which it is held in an upright position, and if at any time the miner leans forward or stoops forward the cap, the bracket or holder, and the lamp assume the position shown in Fig. 3, in which the hook 19 0f the lamp turns on the part c of the bracket or holder and the pointed end b passesthrough the opening 0 By means of this construction the lamp is properly supported at all times and cannot swing laterally to any extent, but is free to swing forwardly and backwardly under the conditions above specified.

The bracket or holder is preferably composed of a back portion 6, of fine sheet metal,

and a front portion f, of pressed pulp fiber or any other suitable material; but myinvention is not limited to the material of which this bracket is composed, and the entire bracket or holder may be made of metal, if desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bracket or holderf or miners lamps adapted to be connected with a cap in the usual manner, and comprising an upright portion and a backwardly-directed top" portion, and the upwardly-directed portion being formed above the backwardly-directed portion into an S shaped portion of which the backwardly directed portion forms the bottom member, my invention I have signed my name, in presthe top and middle portions being slotted foronce of the subscribing witnesses, this 14th to wardly and backwardly to receive the hook day of March, 1903. of the lamp, the backwardly-directed portion 5 being also provided with a, small opening and the upright portion with a. larger opening, sub- WILLIAM ISRAEL.

I \Vitnesses:

stantially as shown and described. WILLIAM A. ONEILL.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ALEXANDER RIOKETTS. 

